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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Yes, it's party time! My first week of school AND Back to School night are over, and now it's a three day weekend! I'm so excited to finally have some time to play with the August My Creative Time release! I just love the dies I used on today's card, so I decided to keep it a clean and simple card with them as the focal points!

How fun is the PARTY die? The black layer is stitched, although that is always hard to see in a picture when cut in black. It's super cute in real life, though. It's from the new Let's Celebrate stamp and die set, and the sentiment is from there too!

These awesome shoes are from the Girls' Night Out Stitched Dies. Aren't they the cutest? I used the Safari Untamed paper pack from The Paper Studio to get my cool animal print. The red is just Papertrey Ink cardstock, but I used Glossy Accents on it to get that Louboutin shine! So fun!

With the craziness of school this past week I didn't get to participate in all of the sneaks or our blog hop (it was the first one I missed since Emma launched the My Creative Time products)! So, I will be busy creating with the new products and sharing lots with you this week! I can't wait to see what all of you create when you start receiving your orders too! If you haven't seen all of the new goodies or gone through the hop, be sure to head over to Emma's blog! Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

It's day 2 of My Creative Time Sneak Peeks, and we've got some very festive stamp and die sets to share with you today! Aren't these martini glasses the cutest? They are from the new Cocktail Party Stitched Dies. The "Some days simply require a martini" sentiment is from the new Some Days Simply Require..." stamp set. Since my last week has been soooo crazy getting ready for the first day of school (which is today, by the way), I decided 3 martinis were actually required. I created an "or" stamp by masking out most of the letters on another stamp in this set that included the word "for". Then I added the "2" and "3" from MCT's Just Simply Live stamp and die set. The "..." is part of a stamp in Some Days Simply Require...

The martini die is so cute in that is has four different parts. Isn't that little olive adorable? To make the liquid appear to have smaller amounts in each glass, I die cut it and then ran it through my Vagabond in the die again, with the top half of the die cut hanging off of the die. This cut off that top half, but gave it the stitching across the top. The martinis are resting on some fun My Mind's Eye washi tape.

Sneak Peek Giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, for the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will the winner on Tuesday, and so on...

ALL you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have of winning!

For extra entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it, OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY, & let's start spreading the word!

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what she and the rest of the design team have created for you today!

Monday, August 26, 2013

It's Day 1 of My Creative Time Sneak Peeks and we've got lots of Halloween goodness to share with you, PLUS some super fun chevron stamps! With all of these fun new stamps, I decided to get a jump start on Halloween goodies for my students. Our school instituted a new policy this year stating that teachers can not give out food to students, so I had already ordered trinkets to give out on the various holidays. The cute little box cut by Lori Whitlock that I found in the Silhouette Online Store was just perfect for holding a Halloween eraser. I cut them so that they are about 2 1/4" tall when assembled.

Okay, let's start with the orange one. For this one, I cut and scored the box first, so that I could see where I would be stamping. That adorable ghost is cut with the new Stitched Spooky Ghost Dies and stamped with some patches from Fright Night. I also used part of a sentiment from Fright Night to get "BOO," and the swirls and bats on the back (see pic below) are also from that stamp set. I just love how they look! Those fun square brads are from an old sei collection called eerie alley and tied with hemp from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

For the box in the center, I started with a rectangle of white cardstock that was going to be big enough for my cut and did my stamping before running it through my Silhouette. I used the new Build a Chevy Background, which is SO MUCH FUN!!! I can definitely see myself using this stamp set all year round. The sentiment in the center is also from Fright Night, and I stamped it upon cardstock cut with the existing MCT Scallop & Stitched Circle Dies.

Lastly, we have our cutie-patootie green bag with the adorable background stamp! Again, I stamped before using my Silhouette, this time using the background stamp from Spooky Starry Night. Don't you just love this one? So stinkin' cute!!! "Trick or Treat" is another keeper from Fright Night. I heat embossed this one with black embossing powder on white cardstock.

So there you have it! Three new stamp sets and 1 new die set, and we're only on day 1!

Sneak Peek Giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, for the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will the winner on Tuesday, and so on...

ALL you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have of winning!

For extra entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it, OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY, & let's start spreading the word!

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what she and the rest of the design team have created for you today!

Friday, August 23, 2013

I'm in the midst of the crazy week before school starts, but I wanted to share the welcome poster I made for my classroom this year. I think this might be one of my favorites! I used my Silhouette Cameo for the whole thing. The font is called KG Always a Good Time.

The fish are an Echo Park cut from the Silhouette Online Store. I used American Crafts textured cardstock for the solid pieces and then had a great time using up some of my scraps for the patterned pieces. I cut my bubbles from smooth Bazzill cardstock so that it would be easy to write the students names on them.

Get ready for sneak peeks of the new My Creative Time release beginning on Monday! It's a FUN one, I promise!!!

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

It's Inspiration Tuesday with My Creative Time today, and I'm sharing a bookmark that I made for one of my students. I'm going to have a personalized bookmark on each student's desk waiting for them when they walk into the classroom on the first day of school next week. The one I'm sharing today is for a boy named MJ, whose mom happens to be a friend and also a teacher at my school. She was able to tell me that MJ's favorite baseball team is the SF Giants, which is where I got my color inspiration.

I started by taking a strip of washi tape from the My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste collection and adhering it to some white cardstock. I then postioned the My Creative Time Tag Die over the cardstock so that the washi strip would end up along the side, and then ran it through the Vagabond (I adhered the washi tape before die cutting so that the stitching of the die cut would make that washi tape nice and secure). I used the Cuttlebug Bricks embossing folder to emboss the white part of the tag and also cut a thin strip of black cardstock to adhere alongside the washi tape.

To spell out MJ's name, I die cut the black circles using the MCT Build a Banner dies and then heat embossed letters from the Circle Font stamp set. Since many of the kids have longer names, I will probably use the Label Font stamp set for them. Good thing I still have another week to make the other 20!

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what she and the rest of the design team have to share with you today.